The outer door is heard to open, andJane reappears
with a gentleman visitor in tow.
But I gathered that you didnt receive it?
Talkleton, the great predictor of business conditions, is seenin his inner
office.
A litter ofpapers covered with figures lies all
about him. I cant get used to this new situation, he said.
He is cast for the melancholy part that
willpresently be called The Body.
I happen to be staying at the Royal Hotel. All the
rest of it isfilled with battles and crimes, with murder and sudden death. Great
Heavens, said the young Duke, who is she?
Near him at another desk is his stenographer with a
telephone. Lord Dangerdog, already at his second plateful,smiled across at Lady
Angela . Let him feel just as drowsy as ever he likes. The tears of childhood fall
fast and easily, and evil be to him whomakes them flow. People go there when theyve
got whats-its-name. All of which rests on a fundamental error as to literature and
asto children. If Coppo didnt beat his arms like this perhaps hewouldnt have any
circulation at all.
He crawls around in the grass picking up
clews.
But in this class of literature theword lost is
used to cover up a multitude of things.
And next seasons crop ofnovels will begin:The sun
was slowly setting on both sides of the St.
Only of course he cant be in it becauseFatto and
Stocko wont let him come in.
No, thanks, he said, not now, I want to keep my
head clear. The children lookclean over it, or past it, or under it.
Hackit, inventor of the famous Autodoit Safety
Razor. As he spoke, he held up a blade of grass he had plucked.
The earlier writers were all for the nothing. All
the rest of it isfilled with battles and crimes, with murder and sudden
death.
Lord Dangerdog, already at his second
plateful,smiled across at Lady Angela .
Touch but ever so lightly these real springs of
anguish andthe ready tears will come. But I gathered that you didnt receive it?